Time course analyses of the thermoregulatory responses to melatonin and chlorpromazine in bull snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 319-327

  Lutterschmidt, William I ^a,b   Lutterschmidt, Deborah I ^a   Tracy, Christopher R ^a,c   Hutchison, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorpromazine; Endocrinology; Hormones; Melatonin; Metabolism; Pituophis melanoleucus; Preferred body temperature; Repti les; Snakes; Thermal selection; Thermoregulation; Time course

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032409160     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(98)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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